“He 's no retail-dealer, this same Davenport Dunn,” said Grog, with a grin; “that much I will say of him.”
“He has a wonderful head,” said Hankes, admiringly.
“I 'll agree with you, if it save his neck!” said Davis-, and then added, after a moment, “He's bringing up all these documents and papers with him, you said?”
“Yes; he intends to make some settlement or other of the matter before he marries. After that he bids farewell to business forever.”
“He'll go abroad, I suppose?” said Davis, not attaching any strong signification to his remark; but suddenly perceiving an expression of anxiety in Hankes's face, he said, “Mayhap it were all as well; he'd be out of the way for a year or so!”
The other nodded an assent.
“He has 'realized' largely, I take it?”
Another nod.
“Foreign funds and railways, eh?”
“Not railways,—no, scrip!” said Hankes, curtly.